To a data company, ‘esports’ is about as useful a category as ‘European’ or ‘African’ is a nationality. Esports titles share some likenesses — they are all digital, chiefly — but they differ enormously, especially from a data analyst’s perspective. It’s like saying tennis is similar to football because both use a round ball; true in a sense, but it doesn’t tell enough of the story.
Romet Vinkel, Head of Delivery at esports data company GRID, is a Chelsea FC fan. Given he is Estonian, we might guess he supports a European team. We would be right.